Di Geronimo, who we’ve dealt with many times, was honoured for moving quickly to restore service to 16 townhouses, after a retaining wall at a construction site shifted and broke a water line.

A dispute between the condominium owner and the construction site owner had bogged down the repairs, leaving residents with no water. Di Geronimo arranged for the city to fix it right away and collect the costs later from the party found responsible.

MacVicar was recognized for implementing a benefit card for people on social assistance that can be used like a bank card, a first in Canada.

It’s great to honour managers, but it would be even better to come up with an award for front-line workers, like the guys who climb into a hole filled with muddy water on a frigid winter day to fix a leak.

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